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"Eat As Much As You Want + Stay Healthy, If You Eat Raw"...Really? ;)

One thought that seems to be common in raw food circles is that "you can eat as much as you want and still be healthy, as long as you eat raw"...I sense that this kind of thinking can get some people into sticky situations, so I wanted to share an excerpt here on this topic, from my book "Raw Emotions" - enjoy ;)

Raw = Healthy, Right?

Eating raw is so radically different from the ‘junk’ that most people usually eat that it’s easy to understand why people think it must be fine to eat anything as long as it’s raw. Over time and with experience, though, it becomes clear that the picture for optimal health is much more refined than this. Just because something is raw, doesn’t mean it’s the greatest choice for our health, especially in large quantities. You can still be left feeling drained, puffy and spacey after eating raw meals. You can even (re-)gain unwanted weight. Raw food is still food, even if it’s not what most people are used to fuelling themselves with. Just as with other foods, at some point the ‘calories in/calories out’ equation comes into play. If you are under the illusion that raw food is some kind of magical elixir that you can eat endlessly and indiscriminately, with no complications, you might find some issues popping up for you.

It is possible to technically be eating 100% raw and still not be eating in a very healthful way. For example, you could be eating many packaged or gourmet raw foods, like crackers, dried fruit treats, cakes, raw chocolate and raw pizza all day long. There is unlikely to be much fresh, living content in this kind of menu, so someone eating like this is unlikely to feel great in the long-run.

Try to imagine, in contrast, a paradigm beyond all packaged foods, where everyone eats simply from the Earth, gathering their food directly and eating it immediately. In that kind of situation, someone who eats raw cakes, crackers and pizzas all day long would seem a little odd, yes? It is only because we’re so accustomed to eating complex and packaged foods that eating lots of ‘gourmet’ raw foods may seem comfortable for us, at least in the beginning. As ever, just because we can do something, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the greatest choice for our health.

I hope this helps offer a little more perspective for some of you who may have been questioning this idea too...all blessings to you all in your daily choices :)

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Winner of "The Mother" Magazine Subscription

WOW - thank you all *SO* very much for all your beautiful and inspiring entries to last month's RawReform Giveaway Contest, to win a year's free subscription to conscious parenting magazine "The Mother"...you absolutely blitzed our hearts and minds with your beautiful answers to the following question: "What is the most inspiring thing you've ever learnt from a child...?"
The winner of the year's subscription, picked today at random is Shayla, who sent in the following moving entry:

"The most inspiring thing that I've ever learned from a child was actually learned from two babies who never lived to take a breath.  I learned how to live on after losing someone(s) I loved, even when the pain and emptiness threatened to completely shatter me.  I learned that I'm stronger than I ever thought, because I never imagined that I would make it through.  I learned that I can handle anything, because I lost them and I'm still here.   Finally, I learned that for all the feelings of loss...I never lost anything at all, because when the clouds lifted, They were everywhere."
Shayla

Mmmmm, thanks so much for sharing, Shayla...we send you love and light...and your magazines ought to start arriving with you soooooon too...
...and if *you* weren't the winner this time round and would still love to receive The Mother magazine, you can subscribe to their fabulous mag at www.themothermagazine.co.uk - the rates are very reasonable and they deliver worldwide - enjoy ;)

~ With a graceful bow... :) ~

Angela Stokes-Monarch. xxx

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